[ SECRET POST #6480 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6480 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Mind elaborating? I've only played one of these games (Mystic Messenger, which did have a bit of a queerbaiting problem when it was first released) and never touched the fandom besides reading a few fics.

[(Anonymous)]

One of the most recent examples is Love and Deepspace where the homophobia is actually firmly in the game rules (they officially forbid creating m/m fanworks with the characters) and a good part of the fandom actually acts like you're trying to make their boyfriends gay and shit is kind of ... unhinged.

[(Anonymous)]

On the fandom side, there was a big thing a few years ago where a lot of the BNFs of the otome game fandom made posts felt that it was very important to "clear it up" for people that a game can only be otome if all of the love interests are male (or if there's a female route it's platonic like in Mystic Messenger). If it has even one romanceable girl, it was not an otome! Oh of course they had nothing against games where you could romance a girl, you just need to call them romance games, hands off our otome label you filthy gays UH WAIT I-I-I mean we have nothing against that really just don't call your game otome!!!

Lots of long posts about how it's just simple history; all the games that defined the genre had all male love interests. No reflection on why that would have been, given when they were made (hmm, big mystery there!) and why that could possibly change.